Experience

Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Specialist

  • May 2023 - Present

  Research Specialist for The Two-Spirit Dry Lab (2SDL), which is Turtle Island’s first research group that focuses exclusively on Two-Spirit (2S) people, communities, and experiences. The 2SDL is a collaborative of Indigenous and settler researchers and community leaders engaged in research at the intersections of Indigeneity, gender, sexual orientation, and geography. We are a robust, gender inclusive, active and thriving network of researchers, leaders, Elders, community members, and knowledge users with an emphasis on relationship-building and co-learning that centres Two-Spirit peoples and communities. Show less



The University of British Columbia

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  - 2020-2022: Research Assistant, Feeding Families, SSHCR Funded Project, PI: Sinikka Elliott - 2017-2023: Teacher's Assistant: Contemporary Directions in Theory (0.5 years), Work and Inequality (0.5 years), Canadian Society (3 years), Sociology of Sexualities (3 years); Sociology of the Family (3 years); Race & Ethnicity (0.5 years); Sociological Methods: Survey Research (0.5 years)- 2017-18: Research Assistant: Feeding Families Project, PI: Sinikka Elliott (1 year) - 2016-17: Editorial Assistant, Journal of Health & Social Behavior (1 year) Show less

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jul 2017 - May 2023



Carnegie Hall

• Performing Arts
• 200 - 300 Employee

• NYO-USA Resident Assistant

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

  "In 2019, NYO-USA returns to Europe with conductor Sir Antonio Pappano, performing works by Strauss, Prokofiev, and Berlioz. The tour kicks off with concerts at Tanglewood and Carnegie Hall featuring Isabel Leonard, followed by a performance in Berlin with Dame Sarah Connolly, and continuing with concerts in Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Germany alongside Joyce DiDonato." "In 2019, NYO-USA returns to Europe with conductor Sir Antonio Pappano, performing works by Strauss, Prokofiev, and Berlioz. The tour kicks off with concerts at Tanglewood and Carnegie Hall featuring Isabel Leonard, followed by a performance in Berlin with Dame Sarah Connolly, and continuing with concerts in Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Germany alongside Joyce DiDonato."



Journal of Health and Social Behavior

• University of British Columbia

• Editorial Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

  Supported Andrea Polonijo (Co-managing Editor, PhD candidate in Sociology, UBC) and Richard Carpiano (Professor of Sociology, Associate Member of the School of Population and Public Health, UBC) with submissions to the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. The journal has been awarded to Richard Carpiano (UBC) and Brian C. Kelly (Purdue University) for the next 3 years. Supported Andrea Polonijo (Co-managing Editor, PhD candidate in Sociology, UBC) and Richard Carpiano (Professor of Sociology, Associate Member of the School of Population and Public Health, UBC) with submissions to the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. The journal has been awarded to Richard Carpiano (UBC) and Brian C. Kelly (Purdue University) for the next 3 years.



NORC at the University of Chicago

• United States
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • 2015 - 2016

  • Supported Stuart Michaels’ study work addressing LGBTQ+ health disparities in the United States • Led survey development for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a survey that probes U.S. adolescent (13 to 18 years old) sexual health knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices and their access to HIV prevention materials • Recruited and monitored study participants for PrEP Chicago, a network-based HIV prevention intervention run by the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination for young gay black Southside men and transwomen that leverages social media and focus-group seminar data to combat new HIV infections • Located hard-to-reach study participants for uConnect, the largest single cohort study using network science to examine HIV risk factors among young black men ages 16-29 (n = 616) on the Southside of Chicago • Led cognitive interviews for the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), piloting gender identity and sexual orientation questions Show less



University of Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• CivX User Experience & Design Sprint

  • Mar 2015 - Apr 2015

  Reduced Legal Assistance Foundation's (LAF) “no contact” call rate for online applications by almost 20% Reduced Legal Assistance Foundation's (LAF) “no contact” call rate for online applications by almost 20%



MNG Direct

• Bensalem

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2014

  Managed account, design, editorial and operations teams to create media campaigns targeting physicians on 40+ pharmaceutical client advertising projects Managed account, design, editorial and operations teams to create media campaigns targeting physicians on 40+ pharmaceutical client advertising projects



Bioclinica

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Project Manager

  • Mar 2013 - Aug 2013

  Supported project managers with medical assessment of clinical trial imaging data for oncology treatments Supported project managers with medical assessment of clinical trial imaging data for oncology treatments



QuantiaMD

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Client Services Associate

  • Jul 2011 - Mar 2013

  Developed and launched client educational presentations to a physician-based community (largest online interactive site for physicians) with a multisite client team (Chicago; New York City; Boston; Philadelphia) across 20 pharmaceutical accounts Developed and launched client educational presentations to a physician-based community (largest online interactive site for physicians) with a multisite client team (Chicago; New York City; Boston; Philadelphia) across 20 pharmaceutical accounts



Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Sponsorship Coordinator & Member

  • Mar 2012 - Jan 2013

  Grossed $7,100 in fall ad sales in one month, 50% above the fall sales baseline and 85% of total season goal. Managed Live and Silent Auctions for PGMC’s 1st annual Fall Ball and generated $63,000 Grossed $7,100 in fall ad sales in one month, 50% above the fall sales baseline and 85% of total season goal. Managed Live and Silent Auctions for PGMC’s 1st annual Fall Ball and generated $63,000



Nationalities Service Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher

  • Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

  Taught an intermediate-level English training course to international students Taught an intermediate-level English training course to international students



Lehigh University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant, The Humanities Center

  • Jun 2011 - Mar 2012

  Gathered data on 15 University Humanities Departments’ graduate student placement and support, department budgets, and external funding resources

• Research Assistant

  • Nov 2010 - Aug 2011

  Collected and collated data for Professor Robert Rozehnal’s forthcoming book, Cyber Sufis: Virtual Expressions of the American Muslim Experience



Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

• India
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Published five articles for India's first women-led foreign policy think-tank. Conducted interviews with Afghani students and refugees on displacement, relocation and Afghani politics Published five articles for India's first women-led foreign policy think-tank. Conducted interviews with Afghani students and refugees on displacement, relocation and Afghani politics